A Study in Ephesians

I am joining an e-study with Good Morning Girls starting on January 15th.  The study is Monday thru Thrusday and runs until mid April.  It's a chance to group together with other women and share what God is teaching you through His mighty Word.  My friend Wendy has done one of these studies before and writes: When I found Good Morning Girls online, I was looking for a Bible Study that fit with mommyhood, and that encouraged me to faithfulness through accountability.  It is not an online study, but an online accountability group.  The book of Ephesians will be divided into 12 weeks, with a daily portion that you will write out in a journal, make observations (using notes and commentaries of your own), find applications, and pray/meditate about daily.  The week is laid out as Mon-Thurs to study, and Friday to review the week.  Then you would post to a closed Yahoo group that I would set up about what you are learning and any prayer requests.  I did this study in the fall on I John and I loved how much I was able to learn by doing a slow study.  The accountability was awesome too! 
Check out the link for more information.
 2012 Ephesians Downloadable Documents

Coram Deo,
E.W.

Learning to be a Woman

I am doing a fantastic bible study right now.  We are using the book Learning to be a Woman by Kenneth G.Smith.  When I first heard the title I was not real excited because...well, let's face it, I have been at this woman thang my whole life!  What in the world could it possible reveal to me?  So I am eating some delicious humble pie right now and I am good with that!  Things about my thinking and feeling and ideas have been coming out of the wood works!  I am learning a lot about how I got to thinking how I think!  The influences that the culture/media/books/relationships has shaped me into who I am.  Best part of the book is lining it up with God's Word and really focusing on His ways for me.  Here is an excerpt from one of the chapters:

"In summary, a woman becomes a woman as she learns about her feelings and how to express and control them.. In Christ she is given the Holy Spirit who in turn gives a proper sense of well-being characterized by holiness.  The expression of emotion depends, therefore, on whether the Holy Spirit has given it or whether Satan has provoked it.  The Christian woman thus seeks to discipline herself under the Holy Spirit's control and to resist Satan with his self-critical attacks.  The Christian woman acts on what God says, whether she feels like it or not.  Obedience leads to happiness."

'You must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them...' 2 Timothy 3:14

Growing more everyday,
E.W.